The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Zach Stone isn’t going to be famous enough for a second season, but Bo Burnham, the star of the MTV sitcom, already is well on his way to bigger fame. Burnham is from a generation growing up with the idea that everyone can be famous and everyone will be if …
Just in time for the 15th annual Del Close Marathon, here’s an inside behind-the-scenes look at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s signature long-form improv show and form, “ASSSSCAT.” The long-running UCB ASSSSCAT show, which helps close out DCM and packs the theaters in New York City (and now Los Angeles, too) …
Just listen to this interview Jerry Seinfeld gave to Howard Stern on Stern’s SiriusXM program on Wednesday morning. It’s upward of 90 minutes of pure comedy talk. And it’s gold. Stern really zeroes in everything comedy regarding Seinfeld, from his history with NBC, to his relationships with Johnny Carson, Jay …
Do you remember Agent Duncan from the 1992 Wesley Snipes movie, Passenger 57? If so, then this man needs no further introduction. For everyone else, here is comedian Jim McDonald, performing on last night’s episode of Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. In this set, McDonald discusses spending the night …
Marlon Wayans is hoping the acronym WTF won’t be so NSFW when he’s done with his new online project, which boasts, “We’re dropping the ‘F’ word.” Called WhatTheFunny.com, the site remains a placeholder for now, awaiting enough short videos and/or webseries from Wayans and his funny friends to launch later …
Well, I mean. Really, now. You didn’t think the lawyer for George Zimmerman could open his defense arguments in the Trayvon Martin murder trial with a knock-knock joke and get away with it, did you? While plenty of comedians let the lawyer’s joke have it via Twitter and Facebook retorts, …
Taylor Williamson‘s audition went well last night for America’s Got Talent. I could tell it would from the way producers opened his segment, having him bombard other contestants in waiting with street jokes while you could hear buzzers sounding off against even more contestants. They’re pulling a switcheroo on us! …
Here’s one more treat from the season of Saturday Night Live that just ended, complete with one bonus look from recently departed cast member Bill Hader. Hader weighs in on a sketch, “Song For Daddy,” cut after dress rehearsal from the week that Justin Bieber hosted and performed as musical …
Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) are making a new pilot for IFC. But that’s not all. They also just released a new music video, directed by Lindhome, for their song, “The Loophole.” It’s based on the concept some Christian girls have about conception and about avoiding said …
Roy Wood Jr. is a grown man from Birmingham, so the idea that he still has to watch what color shirt he wears in Los Angeles seems foreign to him now in 2013. As does the concept of marriage lasting forever. Forever ever? That means a lot more now than …
